Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 8) — The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) announced on Wednesday the 26-man roster for its first two matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers.
The Philippines will face Vietnam on November 16 then Indonesia on November 21 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila City.
Goalkeeper and team captain Neil Etheridge headlines the squad together with mainstays Manny Ott, Patrick Reichelt, Mike Ott, Kenshiro Daniels, OJ Porteria, and Daisuke Sato.
“It’s a good mixture of experienced mainstays for a long time and young well-developing talents brought on by the recent performances of Philippine clubs in AFC competitions,” men’s national team head coach Michael Weiss said in a statement.
“It gives us reason to be optimistic for our first World Cup qualifier matches against Vietnam and Indonesia,” he added.
The PFF also launched the campaign #StandYourGround #10KStrong to encourage support for the team in the first two matches of the qualifiers.
“A very important factor is the enthusiasm and support of the 12th man. “We hope the fans come in numbers to the stadium, and be part of history,” Weiss said.
Here’s the complete lineup:
1. Neil Etheridge
2. Kevin Ray Hansen
3. Patrick Phillip Deyto
4. Simone Rota
5. Carlos Alberto Martinez de Murga
6. Jefferson David Tabinas
7. Christian Rontini
8. Jesse Thomas Curran
9. Daisuke Sato
10. Santiago Rublico
11. Dennis Villanueva
12. Simen Alexander Lyngbo
13. Pocholo Bugas
14. Jose Elmer Porteria
15. Manuel Ott
16. Mike Rigoberto Ott
17. Oskari Kekkonen
18. Kevin Ingreso
19. Mikel Justin Baas
20. Patrick Reichelt
21. Bienvenido Marañon
22. Audie Menzi
23. Marwin Janver Angeles
24. Jesus Joaquin Melliza
25. Kenshiro Michael Daniels
26. Stephan Markus Schröck
